Hi-jinks


noun

Boisterous fun; uninhibited jollification; pranks and capers: the dashing hi-jinks of the Katzenjammer Kids/ The out-of-towner cuts the hijinks here

[1861+; fr the name of a dice game played for drinks, found from 1690]

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